The French Ambassador to Ireland, H.E. Stéphane Crouzat, conferred the prestigious title of 'Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques' on Tanya Flanagan and Marie-Thérèse Batardière at a ceremony at the French Residence in Dublin on Friday, October 19th. This award was in recognition of their contribution to language education and the promotion of French language and culture in Ireland.Both are members of the One Voice for Languages Committee.

Link leading to RTE Brainstorm website, which is based on a partnership between RTE and third level institutions in Ireland.The article also includes a link to the RTÉ Radio One's Today With Sean O'Rourke Show, with a discussion on Ireland's foreign language deficit with Paul Gillespie (former Foreign Policy Editor, Irish Times), Lynn Ruane (former president, Student Union, Trinity College Dublin) and Anna Ni Challachair (director, Language Centre, Maynooth).